Match safe



M. E. -TUTTLE MATCH SAFE Filed Aug. 29

L Ell/LI WITNESSES Patented Apr. 1, 1924.

3 UNITED STATES MARIE E. TU'ITLE, OF BUTTE, MONTANA.

IVIATCI-I SAFE. I .511

Application filed August 29, 1922. Serial No. 585,110.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIE E. TUTTLE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Butte, in the county of Silver Bow and State of Montana,haveinvented a new and Improved Match Safe, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to match receptacles and has particular referenceto an improvement over a match safe in which Lets ters Patent of theUnited States No. 1,017,708, were issued to me on February 20, 1912.

One of the principal objects and advantages of the present inventionresides in the provision of a match safe, which, in addition to havingcompartments for respectively constituting a magazine for live matchesand a receptacle for burnt matches, includes a large storage space foradditional boxes of matches to insure the same against fire risks.

As a further object the invention contemplates a match safe having astriking element which is so located and positioned as to insure thecomplete closure of the live match magazine prior to the ignition of thematches which are removed therefrom for use.

As a still further object the invention includes means" for facilitatingthe intr0duction of burnt matches into the receptacle therefor.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention residesin the novel construction set forth in the following specification,particularly pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, it being understood that the right is reserved toembodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the fullextent indicated by the general mean ing ofthe terms in which the claimis expressed.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a front View of a match safe constructed inaccordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side View thereof.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View which is taken approximately on the lineindicated at'3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken approximately on the line indicated at44 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, A designates a wallor other sup port and B a nail from which the match safe is adapted tobe suspended. The match safe consists ofa body including side walls 10,top wall 11, a front wall 12 and an in clined bottom 'wall 13 which isprovided with a forwardly extending upwardly curved portion 14. The sidewalls are provided with forwardly extending portions 15. The interior ofthe body of the safe is subdivided by a vertical partition 16 andhorizontal partitions 17 and 18 into a lower front compartment 19 whichconstitutes a chamber for a burnt match receptacle 20, one of the sidewalls 10 being provided with an opening through which the receptacle 20is slidable into the compartment 19 and which receptacle is in thenature of a drawer. A transverse opening or slot 21 is formed in thefront wall and a deflector plate 22 is disposed at an angle and projectsat opposite sides of the front wall with the lower inner end overlyingthe receptacle 20 to afford means for facilitating the introduction ofburnt matches to the receptacle. The remaining space which lies in rearof the compartment 19 andover the same, is subdivided into front andrear compartments 23 and 24 by an upwardly projecting hinged partition25 which is hinged as at 26 to the walls defining the compartment 19.The partition is provided with a notch 27 at its upper edge to afford aviewing opening for the interior ofthe compartment 23 and to afford ameans through which the finger may be inserted for swinging thepartition on its hinges 26. The lower end of the rear compartment 24communicates with a magazine chamber 28 and the match boxes C arearranged in said compartments 23 and 24, the lowermost box G being opento allow the matches to gravitate into the magazine chamber. The rearside of the body is open and is provided with an upwardly projectingbottom flange 29 and inwardly project ing side flanges 30, while the topis provided with an upwardly projecting flange 31. The rear wall 32 isslidable between the flanges 29 and 30 and 31. The rear wall 32 isapertured as at 33 and the flange 31 is apertured as at 34 and saidapertures are brought into alignment to receive the nail or othersuspending means B which also constitutes a means for holding the rearwall in covering relation. A cover 35 for the forwardly projectingportion of the maga- Zinc chamber 28 is hinged as at 36 to the lower endof the front Wall, and has arranged on its upper face an abrasivestriking element 37.

In use the match boxes are stored in the compartments 23 and 24k andaccess to the live matches in the magazine chamber 28 is gained bylifting the cover 35. In order to strike and ignite the match, the cover35 must of necessity be closed to dispose the striking element 37 in aposition to be reached. After the matchhas been ignited, the same isdisposed of by introducing it through the slot or opening 21 Where itwill be guided by the deflector plate 22 into the burnt match receptacle20.

I claim: v

As a new article of manufacture, a match safe comprising a main bodyportion and a forwardly extending portion at the lower end thereofhaving an open top and constituting a magazine chamber, a cover hingedto the front Wall of the main body portion for normally covering saidextension, a striking element on the top of said cover, said main bodyportion being sub-divided into compartments, one of which communicateswith the magazine chamber, another of Which overlies the forwardlyprojecting portion and has an opening through the front Wall With adeflector plate extending therethrough to facilitate the introduction ofburnt matches thereto, and a hinged vertical partition defining a thirdcompartment for the storage of a supply of match boxes, said hingedpartition having a notch in its upper edge constituting respectively aviewing opening to the interior of the compartment, and means for theinsertion of the finger to swing said partition to open position.

MARIE E. TUTTLE.

